WO2023213851A1 - Procédé de mesure de détection d'une force mécanique agissant sur un objet, et dispositif de mesure comportant un capteur à fibre optique - Google Patents

Procédé de mesure de détection d'une force mécanique agissant sur un objet, et dispositif de mesure comportant un capteur à fibre optique Download PDF

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WO2023213851A1
WO2023213851A1 PCT/EP2023/061622 EP2023061622W WO2023213851A1 WO 2023213851 A1 WO2023213851 A1 WO 2023213851A1 EP 2023061622 W EP2023061622 W EP 2023061622W WO 2023213851 A1 WO2023213851 A1 WO 2023213851A1
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  • Measuring method for detecting a mechanical force acting on an object measuring device with a fiber-optic sensor unit
  • the invention relates to a measuring method for detecting a mechanical force acting on an object by means of a fiber-optic sensor unit, the fiber-optic sensor unit having at least one measuring channel which has a sensor fiber with at least one sensor-fiber Bragg grating (sensor-FBG) embedded in the sensor fiber ) with a Bragg wavelength and a sensor detection element, the sensor fiber being attached to the object in the area of the sensor FBG.
  • the invention also relates to a measuring device with a fiber-optic sensor unit.
  • a measuring method for detecting a mechanical force acting on an object using a fiber-optic sensor unit is known, for example, from DE 10 2017 119 810 B4.
  • Fiber-optic sensors are used to record mechanical variables in many technical areas, e.g. to examine loads on components and mechanical stresses in structures. In the railway sector, fiber-optic sensors are used particularly for axle counting.
  • a fiber optic sensor has a sensor fiber (optical waveguide) in which a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is embedded.
  • FBG fiber Bragg grating
  • Each fiber Bragg grating has a reflection spectrum (spectrum within which the fiber Bragg grating reflects light) with a reflection peak at the Bragg wavelength.
  • the sensor fiber and thus the fiber Bragg grating is stretched or compressed and the reflection or transmission wavelength of the fiber Bragg grating changes, so that depending on the stretch/compression of the fiber -Bragg grid light of different wavelengths is reflected and can be fed to an evaluation and analysis unit.
  • the known solutions are based on beam splitting and edge filtering of a partial beam, for example using a Fabry-Perot interferometer. Although this enables precise absolute measurement of the reflected wavelength, OECs are required that have a relatively complex structure and are therefore too expensive to offer an attractive and competitive product, especially for applications in the railway sector.
  • the light reflected and/or transmitted by the sensor FBG is detected by means of the sensor detection element over the entire wavelength range of the light reflected by the sensor FBG and/or transmitted by the sensor FBG.
  • the method according to the invention comprises determining a wavelength change in the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG by evaluating a measurement signal which includes an intensity change in the light intensity detected by the sensor detection element (10).
  • the light intensity of the light reflected by the sensor FBG and/or sent by the sor-FBG transmitted light was evaluated over the entire wavelength range. In other words, the light reflected and/or transmitted by the sensor FBG is detected and evaluated without filtering.
  • the invention takes advantage of the fact that for certain applications (e.g. axle counting in the railway sector) no precise wavelength measurement is required. Rather, it is sufficient to know whether a change in the Bragg wavelengths of the sensor FBG has occurred.
  • the exact Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG is therefore not measured, but rather only a change in wavelength.
  • the reflected or transmitted light intensity is detected by the sensor detection element over the entire wavelength range (i.e. unfiltered in relation to wavelength).
  • the sensor detection element therefore detects the entire wavelength range of the light coupled into the sensor fiber.
  • edge filtering in front of the sensor detection element is therefore dispensed with.
  • the light detected by the sensor detection element is only used to determine a change in wavelength, without, however, determining the wavelengths of the light reflected or transmitted by the sensor FBG. Since no filter is interposed between the sensor fiber and the sensor detection element, according to the invention no wavelength selection takes place before detection via the sensor detection element. This simplifies the required measuring arrangement.
  • the light source has a wavelength-dependent or frequency-dependent intensity distribution (frequency image/frequency spectrum), ie the emitted light has different intensities for different wavelengths.
  • a light source is used whose wavelength-dependent intensity distribution has a slope, preferably with a slope of at least 30 nW/nm and a length of at least 6 nm, preferably at least 8 nm.
  • the edge can be a descending or a rising edge.
  • the slope of the light source can be flatter if, in return, the analog gain factor is increased, i.e. the signal amplification factor that is set in the electronic circuit that converts the current of the detection element into a voltage.
  • this wavelength-dependent intensity distribution takes over the task of the edge filter known from the prior art. Due to the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution, a change in wavelength causes a change in the overall intensity of the light transmitted or reflected by the sensor FBG, so that a change in intensity measured by the sensor detection element indicates a load on the FBG or the object to which the FBG is attached can be.
  • a “direct signal” is preferably subtracted from the measured raw measurement data (intensity measured by the detection element) as part of data processing, so that the value 0 is output without the effect of force.
  • a mechanical force acting on the object is detected when a change in wavelength is detected with the sensor detection element.
  • the detection element is preferably a photodetector, for example a photodiode.
  • the entire spectrum of the light source is preferably coupled into the sensor fiber.
  • the light detected by the sensor detection element only covers a limited wavelength range due to the limited reflection spectrum of FBGs.
  • the light from the light source is band-filtered using a filter element before the light is coupled into the sensor fiber.
  • a bandpass filter or a broadband FBG can be used for band filtering.
  • the bandwidth is preferably between 15 and 20 nm.
  • the light source and the sensor FBG are coordinated with one another in such a way that the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG is in one Wavelength range in which the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution of the light source has the edge, preferably in the middle region of the edge.
  • the choice of the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG in the area of the edge of the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution causes the wavelength shift (for example due to force on the FBG) to cause a particularly clear change in intensity.
  • the position of the Bragg wavelength relative to the edge is preferably chosen so that a maximum expected load (maximum stroke) plus temperature influences does not shift the Bragg wavelength beyond the maximum (or minimum) of the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution.
  • the resting Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG i.e. the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG in an uninfluenced state, i.e. in a state in which the sensor FBG is not exposed to any external influences (in particular without force on the object and at a predetermined temperature
  • the slope should be chosen large enough to avoid shifting the Bragg wavelength beyond the maximum (or minimum) of the intensity distribution.
  • the edge of the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution should extend over a correspondingly large wavelength range.
  • the rest Bragg wavelength is preferably adjusted by prestressing the FBG before mounting it on the object. In this way it can be ensured that the Bragg wavelength in the unloaded state of the object lies in the desired range of the edge of the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution of the light source, so that forces acting on the FBG from both directions cause a wavelength shift within the edge.
  • a C-band light source in particular an ASE light source, is preferably used as the light source.
  • a C-band light source has the advantage that light in this band is only slightly attenuated in typical glass fibers and therefore enables long ranges.
  • An ASE band light source has the advantage that it typically has a dominant maximum at around 1530nm and therefore has the required edges.
  • a light source should be used whose wavelength-dependent intensity distribution is stable over time or can be kept stable over time. The stability of the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution can be influenced, for example, by supplying the light source with a constant voltage.
  • “Temporally stable wavelength-dependent intensity distribution” is to be understood as meaning that the intensities are stable at least for a short time depending on the wavelength for the working range of the FBG (wavelength interval of the Bragg wavelengths that can occur due to the maximum intended influence on the FBG). i.e. kept at a constant level.
  • “Short-term stable” means that the frequency pattern does not change during the expected duration of the force. In the railway engineering sector, where, for example, the force exerted by a train on a rail is to be measured, the duration of the force exerted would, for example, be the time that a train needs to completely pass an axle counting sensor.
  • the stability of the frequency image of the light source should be guaranteed for a period of at least a few seconds, preferably at least a few minutes.
  • the measuring method according to the invention is sensitive to influences on the cable infrastructure, such as changes in light intensity between the sensor and the evaluation device due to fiber bending, poor connections, etc., it is advantageous to monitor changes in light intensity that are not due to the force to be detected on the object are.
  • at least one disturbance parameter is monitored, which influences the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution independently of the force effect to be detected.
  • the influence of the disturbance parameter can then be calculated out of the measurement signal, which is measured by means of the sensor detection element, as part of signal processing following the detection of the measurement signal. This ensures that the determined change in Bragg Wavelength of the FBG is due to stress on the object and not to any environmental influences or external interference.
  • the change in the intensity of the light transmitted by the sensor FBG is determined for monitoring the interference parameter, with the light transmitted by the sensor FBG being applied, preferably via a bandpass filter Monitoring detection element (PDT) is directed.
  • the monitoring detection element is arranged at the end of the sensor fiber opposite the light source.
  • the bandpass filter filters in a wavelength range that is outside the working range of the sensor FBG.
  • the bandpass filter therefore filters out the light whose intensity can be influenced by a wavelength shift in the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG, but not by a force acting on the object.
  • a bandpass filter or a broadband FBG can be used for band filtering.
  • the bandwidth is preferably 5-15nm.
  • the center frequency is preferably 1550nm.
  • the light to be detected by the sensor detection element is not filtered.
  • a monitoring FBG can be used to monitor the fault parameter, whereby the change in the intensity of the light reflected by the monitoring FBG is determined for monitoring the fault parameter ( Reflection monitoring).
  • the monitoring detection element is arranged at the end of the sensor fiber facing the light source.
  • the monitoring FBG is preferably embedded in the same sensor fiber as the sensor FBG and has a Bragg wavelength that is different from the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG.
  • the sensor fiber light is reflected from the sensor FBG on the one hand and light from the monitoring FBG on the other hand and is returned together within the sensor fiber.
  • the reflected light is split on the one hand to the sensor detection element and, on the other hand, to a bandpass filter that filters out the light reflected by the sensor FBG, so that only the intensity of the light transmitted by the sensor is visible on the monitoring detection element.
  • monitoring FBG reflected light is detected. If the intensity detected by the monitoring detection element changes, a fault in the cable infrastructure can be assumed.
  • the sensor detection element measures the intensity of the light reflected by both FBGs.
  • the light reflected in the sensor fiber is preferably divided into two light components, one of which is directed unfiltered to the sensor detection element and the other via a bandpass filter to a monitoring detection element.
  • the measurement signal is recorded in several, in particular at least four, preferably eight, measurement channels. Providing multiple measurement channels increases the redundancy and thus the availability of the arrangement.
  • the light from the light source is preferably distributed to the measuring channels using a splitter. The light is preferably distributed evenly across the measuring channels.
  • only a single monitoring detection element is used, which detects light from all measuring channels.
  • a separate monitoring/detection element can also be used for each measuring channel.
  • temperature differences are determined using an additional optical fiber with an additional FBG (temperature monitoring FBG).
  • FBG temperature monitoring FBG
  • the temperature monitoring FBG is preferably in the same temperature structure as the sensor FBG, but outside the fastening area of the sensor FBG.
  • a relative temperature measurement can be carried out using the temperature monitoring FBG.
  • a mechanical force acting on the object is only detected if no wavelength change or a wavelength change that is below a predetermined limit value is detected with the monitoring detection element.
  • the method according to the invention is preferably used to determine a mechanical force acting on a rail (railroad track).
  • the method according to the invention can be used for axle counting.
  • the invention also relates to a measuring device for carrying out a measuring method according to one of the preceding claims, comprising a light source which has a wavelength-dependent intensity distribution with an edge, and a fiber-optic sensor unit, wherein the fiber-optic sensor unit has at least one measuring channel which has a sensor fiber with at least one in the sensor fiber embedded sensor fiber Bragg grating with a Bragg wavelength and a sensor detection element, wherein the sensor fiber is designed to be mounted on an object in the area of the sensor FBG.
  • the measuring device is set up to determine a change in the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG in that an intensity change in the detected light intensity of the light reflected by the sensor FBG and/or of the entire light transmitted by the sensor FBG over the entire wavelength range of the light transmitted by the sensor -FBG reflected light and/or light transmitted by the sensor FBG is evaluated.
  • the sensor fiber is connected directly to the sensor detection element (possibly via an optical distributor) and not to an OEC, as is the case with known measuring devices.
  • the measuring device is therefore constructed in such a way that the light emerging from the sensor fiber (in the reflection variant from the side facing the light source and in the transmission variant on the side facing away from the light source) is directed unfiltered to the sensor detection element.
  • the measuring device preferably also has an evaluation device in which the detected intensity values are compared and evaluated.
  • the rest Bragg wavelength of the FBG is preferably in the area of the edge of the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution of the light source.
  • a light source with an intensity maximum at 1530nm is preferably used.
  • the sensor FBG is preferably biased in the assembled state, in particular so that the Bragg wavelength in the unstressed state is approximately 1520 nm without external influences, and the working range in the tensioned state is at 1522-1530 nm.
  • the resting Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG in the biased state is preferably approximately 1526 nm.
  • a monitoring FBG is embedded in the sensor fiber, the monitoring FBG having a Bragg wavelength that differs from the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG.
  • the monitoring FBG is placed outside the area in which the sensor FBG is attached to the object.
  • the monitoring FBG can be arranged in a fiber optic connection box.
  • the invention also relates to an axle counting device with a counting point which includes two previously described measuring devices.
  • the evaluation device includes evaluation cards (PCB boards) with which the signals from various measuring channels can be evaluated.
  • the invention achieves a simplified structure of the measuring device, so that the components for detection and signal processing of a larger number of optical measuring channels can be accommodated within a single evaluation card.
  • measuring channels of at least two axle counting points are evaluated by means of a single evaluation unit.
  • Figure 1 shows a structure of a measuring device according to the invention for carrying out the method according to the invention, whereby the sensor signal is measured in reflection (reflection variant).
  • Figure 2 shows a wavelength spectrum of an ASE C-band light source.
  • Figure 3 shows a structure of a measuring device according to the invention for carrying out the method according to the invention, wherein the sensor signal is measured in transmission (transmission variant).
  • Figure 4a shows the structure of the measuring device from Figure 1 with monitoring of the cable infrastructure in transmission (reflection variant with light monitoring in transmission) with separate monitoring of several measuring channels.
  • Figure 4b shows the structure of the measuring device from Figure 1 with monitoring of the cable infrastructure in transmission (reflection variant with light monitoring in transmission) with joint monitoring of several measuring channels and temperature monitoring.
  • Figure 5 shows the structure of the measuring device from Figure 1 with monitoring of disturbance parameters in reflection (reflection variant with light monitoring in reflection).
  • Figure 6 shows schematically the principle of correcting slow intensity deviations.
  • Figure 1 shows a measuring device for carrying out a reflection variant of the method according to the invention for detecting a mechanical force acting on an object (not shown).
  • the measuring device includes one Fiber optic sensor unit 1, which is connected to a detection unit 3 via a fiber optic connection box 2.
  • the fiber optic sensor unit 1 is attached to the object, whereas the detection unit 3 can be arranged away from the object to be monitored.
  • each measuring channel 4-l,...,4-n having a sensor fiber 7 and a sensor detection element 10 includes.
  • the analog measured values, which are detected by the detection elements 10, are digitally converted (not shown in the figure) and evaluated by a processing element (e.g. CPU or FPGA) (not shown in the figure).
  • a processing element e.g. CPU or FPGA
  • the detection unit 3 includes a light source 5, the light of which is distributed to the various measuring channels 4-l,...,4-n by means of a splitter 6.
  • the splitter 6 is preferably a 1: n splitter, which distributes the light from the light source 5 evenly over the n measuring channels 4-1,...,4-n and couples it into the sensor fibers 7.
  • a sensor fiber Bragg grating 8 (sensor FBG) is embedded in each sensor fiber 7, with the sensor FBGs 8 of all measuring channels 4-1,...,4-n having the same Bragg wavelength in the assembled, unloaded state.
  • the light reflected by the sensor FBG 8 is returned in the sensor fiber 7, passed via a coupler 9 to a sensor detection element 10 and detected there as raw data.
  • the entire wavelength range reflected by the sensor FBG 8 is detected by means of the sensor detection element 10, even if the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG 8 changes due to a load.
  • the light source 5 used is a light source which has a steep slope 11, 12 in the wavelength spectrum (wavelength-dependent intensity distribution).
  • Figure 2 shows an example of the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution of an ASE light source with a steeply rising edge 11 and a steeply falling edge 12.
  • the rest Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG 8 in the mounted state is preferably selected in the middle of one of the edges 11, 12.
  • the working range of the sensor FBG 7 should be within one edge move, here for example between 1520 nm and 1530 nm.
  • the intensity of the sensor FBG 8 reflected light is sufficient, for example, for use in the area of axle counting. Since the method according to the invention is only about detecting a change in the wavelength, but not the wavelength itself, as part of the data processing, the intensity of the light reflected by the sensor FBG in the unloaded state of the object becomes a ("constant signal") from the measured raw measurement data (intensity measured by the detection element) is subtracted, so that without force the value 0 is output as the output signal.
  • the direct signal to be subtracted is preferably the average value of the measured intensity over a predetermined sliding period of time, in particular over the last few seconds, preferably in the order of magnitude the last 10 seconds.
  • Figure 3 shows a measuring device for an alternative method variant, for example for two measuring channels 4-1, 4-2, in which measurements are carried out in transmission (transmission variant).
  • the sensor detection element 10 is located at the end of the sensor fiber 7 opposite the light source 5.
  • the direct signal that is subtracted from the raw measurement data is relatively large compared to the change in intensity caused by a force.
  • it is therefore advantageous if the wavelength range of the light to be coupled is limited by means of a bandpass filter 13 before the light from the light source 5 is coupled into the sensor fiber 7.
  • the bandpass filter should cover the working range of the sensor FBG 8.
  • the bandwidth of the bandpass filter 13 is preferably 15nm.
  • the passband of the bandpass filter 13 is preferably 1520-1535nm.
  • Figure 4a, Figure 4b and Figure 5 show embodiments of the measuring device according to the invention for carrying out the reflection variant of the method according to the invention, whereby in addition to the actual measurement of the light reflected by the sensor FBG 8 to determine the wavelength change, interference parameters are monitored. This is particularly advantageous since the Bragg wavelength of the sensor FBG 8 can be influenced not only by force on the object to which the sensor FBG 8 is attached, but also by disturbing factors, such as temperature changes or changes in the Cable infrastructure (fiber bending, faulty connections, etc.) as this can cause a change in reflected light intensity.
  • an additional detection element (monitoring detection element 14) is provided in the detection unit 3. With the monitoring detection element
  • the monitoring detection element 14 can optionally be provided with a bandpass filter
  • the light intensity detected by the monitoring detection element 14 is not influenced by a load acting on the object, but is meaningful with regard to the cable infrastructure.
  • the monitoring signal measured in transmission is much larger than the measurement signal measured in reflection, the influence of the shift in the Bragg wavelength due to a load acting on the object on the monitoring signal is small. It is therefore also possible to dispense with the bandpass filter 15. If the light intensity changes due to a change in the cable infrastructure, this can be recognized based on a change in intensity detected by the monitoring detection element 14.
  • the monitoring-detection element 14 is located at the end of the sensor fibers 7 opposite the light source 5 and serves to detect the sensor FBGs 8 of the sensor fibers 7 of the various measuring channels 4-l,.. .,4-n to detect transmitted light. Monitoring can be carried out separately for each measuring channel 4-l,...,4-n. For this purpose, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4a, a separate monitoring detection element 14 is provided for each measuring channel 4-1,...,4-n. Alternatively, the transmitted light from all measuring channels 4-l,...,4-n can be combined by means of a further splitter 16 and directed to a common monitoring detection element 14, as shown in Figure 4b.
  • temperature monitoring is also provided in the embodiment shown in Figure 4b.
  • part of the light from the light source 5 is coupled into an additional optical fiber 17 with an additional FBG (temperature monitoring FBG 18).
  • the division of the light from the light source 5 into, on the one hand, the measuring channels 4-l,..., 4-n and, on the other hand, into the additional fiber 17 can be done with an additional splitter 19, which is between the light source 5 and the splitter 6, which is used for division of the light in the various measuring channels 4-1, ...4-n is arranged.
  • the additional splitter is preferably a 90:10 or 80:20 splitter, so that only a small part of the light is coupled into the additional fiber 17 and most of the light is directed to the splitter 6.
  • the light reflected by the temperature monitoring FBG 18 is detected using an additional monitoring detection element 20.
  • the temperature monitoring FBG 18 is not part of the fiber optic unit 1, which is attached to the object to be monitored, but is housed in the fiber optic connection box. However, it should be located close to the object to be monitored so that the temperature monitoring FBG 18 is exposed to the same temperature fluctuations as the sensor FBG 8.
  • FIG 5 an embodiment is shown in Figure 5, in which the cable infrastructure monitoring is determined by means of another in the sensor fiber 7 embedded FBGs (monitoring FBG 21).
  • the monitoring detection element 14 is located on the end of the sensor fibers 7 facing the light source 5 and serves to detect the light transmitted by the sensor FBGs 8 of the sensor fibers 7 of the various measuring channels 4-l,...,4-n .
  • the monitoring FBG 21 has a Bragg wavelength that lies outside the working range of the sensor FBG 8.
  • the reflected light is distributed on the one hand to the sensor detection element 10 and on the other hand to the monitoring detection element 14.
  • a further coupler or circulator 21 is provided, which connects the light source 5, the bandpass filter 15 and the sensor fiber 7 or the upstream splitter 6 connects.
  • Figure 6 shows schematically how long-term changes in the wavelength-dependent intensity distribution can be corrected:
  • an equivalent value is subtracted from the raw data (input signal lin) detected by the sensor detection element 10, so that the value 0 is output as the output signal lout in the absence of force on the object.
  • the equivalent value is a moving long average value lavl of the light intensity detected by the sensor detection element 10.
  • a short average value lavs of the light intensity detected by the sensor detection element 10 is preferably additionally calculated, with a shorter period of time being used to calculate the short average value lavs than to calculate the long average value lavl. For example, the short average lavs over a period of approx. 2.5 seconds and the long average value lavl over a period of approx. 10 seconds.
  • the short average value lavs is subtracted from the input signal lin. If the magnitude of the result is smaller than a defined limit value, the currently calculated long-mean value lavl is used as the equivalent value. If the result exceeds the defined limit value Ilim, the currently calculated long average value lavs is rejected. In this case, a previously calculated long average value is preferably used as the equivalent value, for which the difference between the associated short average value lavs and the input signal lin has not exceeded the limit.
  • This method ensures that no measurement events, i.e. measurement signals while the object is under load, are included in the long-average calculation.
  • an output signal lout is generated, which has the value 0 in the uninfluenced state.
  • the algorithms for identifying the force detection on the object e.g. axis detection in an axle counting system
  • this output signal lout is then applied to this output signal lout.
  • couplers for coupling the light from the light source into the sensor fiber and for coupling out the reflected light from the sensor fiber

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L'invention concerne un procédé de mesure pour détecter une force mécanique agissant sur un objet à l'aide d'un capteur à fibre optique (1), au moins un canal de mesure (4-1, ... 4-2) étant fourni qui comprend une fibre de capteur (7) avec au moins un capteur à réseau de Bragg sur fibre (8) avec une longueur d'onde de Bragg intégrée dans la fibre de capteur et qui comprend un élément de détection de capteur (10), la fibre de capteur (7) étant fixée à l'objet dans la région du capteur à réseau de Bragg sur fibre (8), le procédé comprenant : le couplage de la lumière provenant d'une source lumineuse (5) dans la fibre du capteur (7), la détection de la lumière réfléchie et/ou transmise par le capteur à réseau de Bragg sur fibre (8) à l'aide de l'élément de détection de capteur (10) ; le procédé est caractérisé en ce que la source lumineuse (5) présente une distribution d'intensité dépendant de la longueur d'onde et comportant un bord, et en ce qu'une modification de la longueur d'onde de Bragg du capteur à réseau de Bragg sur fibre (8) est déterminée par l'évaluation d'un signal de mesure comprenant une modification de l'intensité de la lumière détectée de la totalité de la lumière réfléchie par le capteur à réseau de Bragg sur fibre (8) et/ou de la totalité de la lumière transmise par le capteur à réseau de Bragg sur fibre (8). On obtient ainsi un procédé simplifié qui peut être mis en œuvre à l'aide d'un dispositif de mesure optique de construction simple.
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